Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP# 13791
Nurses will receive 1.25 contact hours for participating in this course.
DC-RN -- District of Columbia Board of Nursing Approved Continuing Education program (CE Provider #50-290).
Nurses will receive 1.20 contact hours for participating in this course.
Florida Board of Nursing CE Provider #: 50-290
Nurses will receive 1.00 contact hours for participating in this course.
Relias, LLC is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Nurses will receive 1.25 contact hours for participating in this course.
Georgia Board of Nursing CE Provider #: 50-290
Nurses will receive 1.25 contact hours for participating in this course.
Relias LLC is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Relias LLC designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This program was approved by the South Carolina Board of Nursing Approved Continuing Education Program (CE provider #50-290) CE Broker Course # 20-[Custom_Code]
Florida Board of Medicine CE Provider #: 50-290
Outline:
Heart Failure in the United States
Overview of Heart Failure
Pathophysiology of Advanced Heart Failure
Heart Failure Classification
Medicare Hospice Benefit Criteria
Overview of ICD-pacemakers
Indications for ICD
Device Design
Indications for ICD Deactivation
Discussing ICD Deactivation
Ethical Issues
Practical Steps
Emergency Deactivation of ICD
Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
Left Ventricular Assist Device
Complications from LVAD Implantation
Ethics of LVAD Deactivation
Pathophysiology of End of Life After LVAD Deactivation
Symptom Management Post LVAD-deactivation
Dyspnea in Advanced Heart Failure
Dyspnea in Advanced Heart Failure: Diuresis
Pain Management in Advanced Heart Failure
Resources
References
Dr. Groninger serves as Director of the Section of Palliative Care at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and as an Associate Professor of Medicine at Georgetown University. He also serves as Program Director for the MedStar Health/Washington Hospital Center hospice and palliative medicine fellowship program. Dr. Groninger is also a Master Facilitator with the Education for Palliative and End-of-Life Care (EPEC) Program at Northwestern University and Adjunct Faculty in the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Medical Humanities at the University of Virginia. His research interests include palliative care delivery in cardiovascular medicine, innovative symptom management strategies, word choice in complex communication, and the medical humanities.
Disclosure: Hunter Groninger, MD FACP FAAHPM has declared that no conflict of interest, Relevant Financial Relationship or Relevant Non-Financial Relationship exists.